Satellites

Payload

CHAMP

DecayedPayloadLEO

CHAMP is a Germany payload satellite, launched on July 15, 2000 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
July 15, 2000 at 12:00 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Production Corporation Polyot
Mission
CHAMP & MITA

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
146 km
Periapsis
137 km
Inclination
87.18°
Orbital period
87.32 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Germany
Launch mass
522 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2000-039B
NORAD catalog №
26405
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
GermanyGermany
Radar cross-section
0.992 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 19, 2010

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 19, 2010
Time in service
10.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed